Lucius Richard O'Brien

Canadian (1832 - 1899)

Lucius Richard O'Brien was a Canadian painter.
Based on ArtValue.ca records, Lucius Richard O'Brien's estimated art value is CAD $20,000 (*)

Lucius Richard O'Brien's work could be available for sale at public auction with prices in the range of CAD $5,000 - $100,000, or even much higher.

From ArtValue.ca records, the highest price paid at auction for a watercolour work attributed to Lucius Richard O'Brien (1832-1899) was CAD $72,000 - paid for "Through the Rocky Mountains, a Pass on the Canadian Highway" at Cowley Abbott in Toronto on Thu, Jun 8, 2023.
ArtValue.ca has 119 auction art sale records for their watercolour results, with prices in the range of CAD $5,000 - $100,000.

Notable Art Works

Through the Rocky Mountains, a Pass on the Canadian Highway (1887)
watercolour
101.6 cms x 69.9 cms (40 ins x 27.5 ins)

Lot for sale by Cowley Abbott Auction House, Toronto
Lot# 42541
Thu, Jun 8, 2023

Estimate CAD $15,000 - $20,000
Sold for CAD $72,000

On the Bostonnais River
watercolour and ink
30.5 cms x 11.4 cms (12 ins x 4.5 ins)

Lot for sale by Cowley Abbott Auction House, Toronto
Lot# 30170
Wed, Feb 21, 2018

Sold for CAD $5,428

Cowley Abbott Auction House Biography and Notes

Lucius O'Brien was born in 1832 in Shanty Bay, Ontario. He studied at Upper Canada College and worked as a civil engineer until 1872 at which time he devoted himself to painting. O'Brien excelled at landscape painting, both in oil and watercolour, and his subject matter spans locations across the country. O'Brien served as vice-president to the Ontario Society of Artists, was the founding president of the Royal Canadian Academy (1880), and contributed a large number of drawings to Picturesque Canada (1882) of which he was the editor.

(*) Value is calculated as an average of the top watercolour sale records from ArtValue.ca database.
This information is not intended to substitute professional advice.
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